L.F. Noll Inc. v. Dope Eviglo

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, the plaintiff L.F. Noll filed an action against defendant Dope Eviglo, a resident of Nebraska, for damages related to the termination of an apartment lease in Sioux City, Iowa where Eviglo formerly resided. L.F. Noll attempted to serve notice under Iowa’s long-arm statute, Iowa Code section 617.3 (2007), by certified mail at a forwarding address provided by Evi-glo upon the termination of his tenancy in the apartment. The notice, however, was returned by postal authorities with the annotation “Attempted — Not Known” and “Unable to Forward.” L.F. Noll took no…